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Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.

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kogal (countable and uncountable, plural kogals or kogal)

  1. (uncountable) A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
    • 2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet:
      If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere []
    • 2004, Gordon Mathews, Bruce White, Japan's Changing Generations:
      Kogal tackiness was egalitarian, and contrasted with the cute and conservative styles []
  2. (countable) A member of this subculture.
    • 2006, David Richard Leheny, Think Global, Fear Local:
      Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex []
    • 2023 March 16, Brandon Lyttle, “Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me premieres this year”, in Niche Gamer[1], archived from the original on March 24, 2023:
      Runa is a gyaru (gal), particularly a kogal and one of the popular girls in school.

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kogal

  1. traditional G-string garment worn by men